LEADER 04886nam 22006611 450 001 9910790882103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-996750-4 010 $a0-19-022925-X 010 $a0-19-996428-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000001157674 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001040420 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1538398 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1538398 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10796626 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL540720 035 $a(OCoLC)862369303 035 $a(PPN)255064276 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001157674 100 $a20130708h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDog whistle politics $ehow coded racial appeals have reinvented racism and wrecked the middle class /$fIan Haney-Lo?pez 210 1$aOxford ;$aNew York :$cOxford University Press,$d[2014] 210 4$d©2014 215 $a1 online resource (292 pages) 300 $aDescription based on print version record. 311 $a0-19-996427-0 311 $a1-306-09469-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface: learning about racism at Harvard Law -- Introduction: racial politics and the middle class -- The GOP's rise as "the white man's party" -- Strategic racism -- The wrecking begins: Reagan -- The false allure of colorblindness -- Shifting the tune: Clinton and W -- Getting away with racism -- Makers and takers: the Tea Party and Romney -- What's the matter with white voters? -- Obama's post-racial strategy -- Conclusion to end dog whistle politics. 330 $aCampaigning for president in 1980, Ronald Reagan told stories of Cadillac-driving'welfare queens'and'strapping young bucks'buying T-bone steaks with food stamps. In trumpeting these tales of welfare run amok, Reagan never needed to mention race, because he was blowing a dog whistle: sending a message about racial minorities inaudible on one level, but clearly heard on another. In doing so, he tapped into a long political tradition that started with George Wallace and Richard Nixon, and is more relevant than ever in the age of the Tea Party and the first black president. In Dog Whistle Politics, Ian Haney López offers a sweeping account of how politicians and plutocrats deploy veiled racial appeals to persuade white voters to support policies that favor the extremely rich yet threaten their own interests. Dog whistle appeals generate middle-class enthusiasm for political candidates who promise to crack down on crime, curb undocumented immigration, and protect the heartland against Islamic infiltration, but ultimately vote to slash taxes for the rich, give corporations regulatory control over industry and financial markets, and aggressively curtail social services. White voters, convinced by powerful interests that minorities are their true enemies, fail to see the connection between the political agendas they support and the surging wealth inequality that takes an increasing toll on their lives. The tactic continues at full force, with the Republican Party using racial provocations to drum up enthusiasm for weakening unions and public pensions, defunding public schools, and opposing health care reform. Rejecting any simple story of malevolent and obvious racism, Haney López links as never before the two central themes that dominate American politics today: the decline of the middle class and the Republican Party's increasing reliance on white voters. Dog Whistle Politics will generate a lively and much-needed debate about how racial politics has destabilized the American middle class-white and nonwhite members alike. 606 $aCommunication in politics$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCommunication in politics$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aPost-racialism$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aRacism$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aRacism$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1945-1989 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1989- 607 $aUnited States$xRace relations$xPolitical aspects$xHistory$y21st century 607 $aUnited States$xRace relations$xPolitical aspects$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aCommunication in politics$xHistory 615 0$aCommunication in politics$xHistory 615 0$aPost-racialism$xHistory. 615 0$aRacism$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 615 0$aRacism$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 676 $a323.1196/073 700 $aHaney-Lo?pez$b Ian$01461727 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790882103321 996 $aDog whistle politics$93674765 997 $aUNINA